HB 1423 Hawaii House · 2022 Regular Session

RELATING TO VIOLATIONS OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW.

Summary

Increases the fine that may be assessed for campaign spending law violations against a noncandidate committee making only independent expenditures and that has received at least one contribution of more than $10,000, or spent more than $10,000 in an election period. Allows the campaign spending commission to order that the fine be up to three times the amount of the unlawful contribution or expenditure, and that the payment of the fine assessed against a noncandidate committee, or any portion thereof, be paid from the personal funds of an officer of the noncandidate committee. (SD1)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2022

Committee Review

Mar 2022

House Passage

Mar 2022

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 18, 2022 Last action Mar 18, 2022

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 18, 2022

Committee

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

upper

Mar 18, 2022

Committee

Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3240) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Mar 15, 2022

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 7 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Keohokalole, Acasio, Gabbard, Kim, Lee, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Mar 11, 2022

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-15-22 9:30AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 8, 2022

Committee

Referred to JDC, WAM.

upper

Mar 4, 2022

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 9).

upper

Mar 3, 2022

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Matayoshi, Todd excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 24, 2022

Lower · Passed

The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Yamashita, Branco, Eli, Holt, Ilagan, B. Kobayashi, Marten, Nishimoto, Perruso, Sayama, Tam, Todd, Wildberger; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott.

lower

Feb 18, 2022

Committee

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Eli, Kapela excused (2).

lower

Feb 18, 2022

Committee

Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 622-22), recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 16, 2022

Lower · Passed

The committees on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Matayoshi, Ichiyama, D. Kobayashi, LoPresti, Lowen, McKelvey, Nakamura, Takumi, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Tokioka.

lower

Feb 9, 2022

Committee

Reported from GVR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 134-22) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

lower

Feb 4, 2022

Lower · Passed

The committees on GVR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) McKelvey, Wildberger, Cullen, Ichiyama, Mizuno, Woodson, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Eli, Ward.

lower

Feb 2, 2022

Lower · Passed

The committee(s) on GVR recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-04-22 9:30AM.

lower

Jan 26, 2022

Committee

Referred to GVR, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 19, 2022

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 18, 2022

Introduced

Prefiled.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors